Ten.One Thousand, Five Hundred & Sixty-Six

1. What is today?

2. I try to close the door without making a sound. At least the stairs aren’t too creaky.

3. The water is back but it is awfully brown. The ducks still seem happy.

4. Just a cold? But when was the last time we had colds? Before COVID. Before doing things.

5. No more cold soaks.

6. All of the earth is gone. That’s a good reason for a road closure.

7. “That’s the Mom in you.” We pass around the tray of Oreos.

8. Sometimes you complete a simple task and even though it is simple, you still feel really proud of yourself.

9. Google maps says it will take me 30 minutes to go 2.1 miles. This is going to be a long month.

10. We talk the entire ride home. I explain to him that we have to go all the way around to get home. We pass the light and he asks me where I’m going. “ALL the way around.”